Today, my pregnant girlfriend and I moved into our first home together, signing a 1-year lease. Less than 12 hours later, we've discovered that the place is infested with cockroaches and we have a mouse. The landlord won't let us out of the contract. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my boyfriend finally moved in with me, after being long distance for months. Our apartment just became infested with mice. FML
Today, after moving in with a couple of vegan zoologists a few weeks ago, I discover that they don't believe that we have the right to kill cockroaches, and will not allow me to do so. The house is infested, and it's spread to my bedroom. FML
Today, I spent the first night in my new home as a first-time homeowner. I was relaxing and enjoying the feeling of having my own space when I reached over to get my glasses and came back with a cockroach. FML
Today, after being nearly homeless and couch-hopping for the last few months, I finally signed a 1-year lease. When I got home, I was surprised to see a picture of my new complex on the front page of the newspaper. It turns out that they are fighting a serious bedbug infestation. FML
Today, after months of my girlfriend crying about cockroaches, I finally called and paid for an exterminator. Now she's furious at me for "making decisions for her" and she keeps pointing out that, since she owns the house, what I did was technically illegal. FML
Today, my girlfriend won't stay over at my apartment anymore. Why? Because she saw a few roaches. Pest control comes every week and I spray every other day, so there's only so much I can about it. The worst part is now it's extremely difficult to spend time together because she lives with her mom and sister, who argue nonstop. FML
Today, my girlfriend and I moved back in after over a month of couch hopping and $2,000 of heat and chemical treatments for a chronic bedbug issue. I just found bedbugs on my legs. We've used all our favors and have nowhere to go. FML
Today, I’ve lived in my apartment for more than five years and never had more than the occasional housefly. Three months after I got new downstairs neighbors I’ve been hit with a massive roach infestation, and they decided to bring their lovely ant friends with them. FML
Today, I had to move down to the third floor because after complaining about rats on my rooftop the landlord put down traps. The rats died. Flies came. The flies laid eggs. The eggs birthed maggots. The maggots rained down from my broken ceiling into my bed and all over my floor. I'm not okay. FML
Today, I've lived in my apartment for over 5 years with no bugs, as I'm phobic of them. I broke up with my ex, who smirked at me and declared war. I now have thousands of roaches that I can't get rid of. Coincidence? FML
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madi113 18
You didn't inspect the home before leasing it???
AnOriginalName 19
It's his legal responsibility as a landlord to provide you with a livable situation. Mice and cockroaches ain't a livable situation. Have him bring in an exterminator.
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tylerjay1013 9
You have 3 business days to back out of any business deal. Legally.
Skylarconner 14
it is also the shit head land lords duty to take care of it, get an extermanter and send him the bill, then use the land lord of he doesn't pay, good luck to you bud
Clinterpottrmus 5
Alaska doesn't have snakes, termites, cockroaches and pretty much any other pest. You can leave your food out and the worst that can happen is a bug land on it. There still are stinkbugs, spider, gnats, flies, and bees.
LuLu_Heartifilia 2
You should sue them
timmay801 10
The landlord is required to handle the problem or let you out of the contract it the law
fmlsams 27
After living in a house infested with cockroaches, I feel your pain, OP! The best solution to the problem that I found is to go to Walmart (or your equivalent) and look for "bug bombs". They're basically little fumigators in an aerosol, and they work like a charm. Just take your girlfriend (and any pets) out for a day on the town, and come back in the evening to no cockroaches! :)
Jacktom 7
You can take him to court for not holding up the contract of the lease. It's the landlord's responsibility.
MonstreBelle 29
Legally, a landlord is required to pay for an exterminator in a situation like that. If they refuse to, tell them that you've spoken to a lawyer and will file a lawsuit if necessary. Usually just hearing words like 'lawyer' and 'lawsuit' is enough to get your landlord to take you seriously. They know they're legally responsible and would rather pay to have a problem resolved than call your bluff and risk having to pay for court fees in addition to having to pay to have a problem fixed. I broke the lease on my last apartment because I was living in a bad neighborhood and had been trying to get my landlord to fix the broken locks on my front door. Several apartments in the building had been broken into already and I didn't want to live there or deal with my asshole landlord for another 4 months. When I went to explain to him why I was breaking my lease, I told him I had already talked to my lawyer, even though I hadn't, and was ready to fight in court if he tried to sue me for back rent. I also told him I would take him to court if he didn't refund my security deposit. It was obvious he was pissed, but he never said one word to me about breaking my lease and immediately wrote a check to refund my security deposit.
krisaubu 1
he is most certainly still responsible for ensuring the safety of his renters. take him to court. especially because of the baby.
OldMan42 1
By law in most places, he has to provide "habitable" space, and that wouldn't be considered habitable, so there's no contract - he voided it. Take lots of pictures of the infestation, find another place and if he doesn't like it, tell him to sue you. Countersue for costs of moving again, time wasted responding to his suit and anything else you can think to pile on. Maybe next time he'll clean the place before putting it up for rent.